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Title: Download Managers?
Post by: Lilwolf on April 26, 2004, 02:55:20 pm

I have been... cough... downloading some files from a location in china...

Anyway... I've been getting SUPER slow downloads... but not a big deal... large file... wait a few days... not a big deal at all...

BUT!

It keeps breaking after I download 40mg or so (of the 80 of the first files of like 40... ie, a lot)..

so after the 4th download attempt... I tried to find a few download managers.

GetRight didn't work... it knew it couldn't handle the security model.  I tried another one, and it didn't work also.

Is it a lost cause?  Or is there any better download resume apps out there?

Is there any browsers which have auto-resume built in?

Thanks!

Title: Re:Download Managers?
Post by: Goz on April 26, 2004, 04:07:48 pm

I often download "larger files" and have found what works best for me is "FlashGet".

http://www.amazesoft.com/download.htm (http://www.amazesoft.com/download.htm)

If you have any questions about it, PM me.

-Goz

Title: Re:Download Managers?
Post by: pmc on April 27, 2004, 01:01:27 am

FlashGet definately rocks for those super-slow trickle download sites with lots of files. Set it up all at once and then let it run for a few days retrying and starting over as needed.

Very impressive software (meaning it works very well). Saved me some serious frustration more than once.

Title: Re:Download Managers?
Post by: nipsmg on April 27, 2004, 09:13:02 am

I know it may not be specifically for this purpose, but...

Internet Download Manager absolutely ROCKS.

It makes multiple small connections to a site and speeds up your download immensely.
I was averaging like 173K/Sec downloads over DSL.  The SAME FILE will download around 375k/s with IDM.

I have no idea HOW it works exactly, and I was extremely skeptical but it DOES work, and I'd never use anything else again.  Works well when downloading LARGE files, albiet I do so from a fast server in the first place, so it may/may not work for you.

www.internetdownloadmanager.com (http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com)

--NipsMG

Title: Re:Download Managers?
Post by: pmc on April 28, 2004, 01:34:18 am

Yeah... that's what FlashGet does too. It'll start multiple downloads of the same file and then sequence them together. Net result is that you can download a file 5-times faster by downloading 1/5th of each file over 5 simultaneuous downloads.